Exotica vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.6/10 for Exotica). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 44m. Exotica is the older of the two (1994 against 2012). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Exotica
National Theatre Live: Antigone| Exotica | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.6/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 1994 | 2012 |
| Length | 1h 44m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Atom Egoyan | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | Bruce Greenwood, Victor Garber, Maury Chaykin, Sarah Polley, Elias Koteas | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
Exotica
In the upscale Toronto strip club Exotica, dancer Christina is visited nightly by the obsessive Francis, a depressed tax auditor. Her ex-boyfriend, the club's MC, Eric, still jealously pines for her even as he introduces her onstage, but Eric is having his own relationship problems with the club's female owner. Thomas, a mysterious pet-shop owner, is about to become unexpectedly involved in their lives.
National Theatre Live: Antigone
In the unstable aftermath of a civil war, Creon, the new King of Thebes, asserts his authority by forbidding anyone from honouring the death of the traitor Polyneices. But Antigone, Polyneices' sister, will not obey. When Creon's authority is challenged, a gripping conflict emerges between the power of an individual and the state. Polly Findlay's electric 2012 production brings Sophocles' tragedy into the modern world as a gripping political…
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